Until recently Western Nintendo fans of the Dragon Quest series had to either gaze longingly at the Japanese release slate or resort to importing the various titles that have arrived on Wii U and 3DS. Thankfully Dragon Quest VII and VIII on 3DS were both confirmed recently for localisation in the most recent Nintendo Direct broadcasts, so hope is renewed that Square Enix sees potential for the franchise outside of its homeland.
Which brings us to Dragon Quest X, the MMORPG that's proven to be a hit in Japan on Wii, Wii U and 3DS - along with other platforms - but has never made it to the West. Now there's a new compilation set on the way to Wii U that'll incorporate the three iterative 'versions' that have been released over the last couple of years; this is similar to a release last year that combined the first two versions.
That'll surely be fairly popular on 3rd December, and we maintain a sliver of hope that this may get a run in the West. With Dragon Quest XI coming to 3DS and apparently NX (though Square Enix backtracked to saying it was a maybe for NX afterwards), and with Dragon Quest X also on the agenda to potentially get ported to the NX, we can only cross our fingers that one of these will be localised. Perhaps taking Level-5 as an example with its gradual release of Yo-Kai Watch outside of Japan, the finalised and long established Dragon Quest X could finally be given a chance outside of Japan in 2016 or beyond? We do know that Square Enix has been 'considering' it.
Time will tell.
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i reckon we have more chance of getting the NX version than the Wii U version
Maybe as a NX launch title
Yeah Mr. Square! Yeah Nintendo!
Granted, im glad that at least DQ7-8 finally made it, but this is getting a little tiresome.
But im with @FullbringIchigo on this one. This would make for a splendit NX launch title for several reasons:
Should the "Nintendo Account" turn out to be a subscription model (which is very likely) both could be bundled together. Either as a console bundle early on, or as a "Make a NA now and play DQX for free for 1 year" kinda deal.
There is plenty of opportunity to turn this into a console selling flagship title.
What's the difference between versions? Wouldn't it be a more logical move to ship the third version and be done with it?
So... Are the 3DS, Wii and Wii U games different from each other (besides graphics)? Or all they all the same game? I don't get it.
I remain hopeful DQX makes it to the West as a launch title for NX. So hopeful...
@Fazermint @CB85 the versions in question are updates to the game, basically. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0; each with a different core narrative culminating in a final boss fight. At least, that's what I've been led to believe from descriptions and forum posts of people who play the game.
@ThomasBW84 Dragon Quest X and XI aren't confirmed to be coming to NX. Square Enix only said that they were under consideration, but nothing has been confirmed.
@Octane I remember they said 'and NX' when they revealed it, but yeah they backtracked afterwards - probably after getting told off by Nintendo. Will add a line to clarify that.
I could see this coming to the west next year as a Wii U title to make it look like there's a decent number of games coming in 2016. So far there's:
I just don't see the point in localising an MMO at this stage, especially for the Wii U. Dragon Quest is already a niche franchise. I love Dragon Quest, but of all the unlocalised games and XI, 10 is at the very bottom of my list.
@mookysam "I just don't see the point in localising an MMO at this stage"
Well then you would do well to look at the sales for FFXIV and the sales of DQVIII and IX in the west.
JRPG-related MMOs are big over here, and Dragon Quest is steadily gaining popularity, with VIII and IX selling close to a million in NA and NoA showing that they know there's rising demand for the series over here since they made such a big deal out of revealing the localizations of VII and VIII on 3DS.
"JRPG-related MMOs are big over here"
I guess I may have phrased that poorly, but lets just say MMOJRPGs on consoles are FAR from an over-saturated market, unlike the generic Korean MMOs that litter the internet and PC.
That along with DQ's rising western popularity makes it pretty easy to imagine DQX having reasonable success over here.
This could have helped the Wii U but I hope it comes out on NX. Colourful games are at home on a Nintendo console and Dragon Quest games are just plain awesome. Love the trailer.
NX versions plz.
@ThomasBW84 Thanks. I just don't want to see people getting hyped for something that might turn out to be not true and be disappointed.
@Grumblevolcano Wasn't SMTxFE a Spring release as well, or is that only confirmed for Japan?
Excuse me while I wistfully stare out across the ocean.
that would be dropping a bomb, hey NA you get DQX for Xmas
"All in one package", written in English no less. The irony of said package staying in Japan would be so typical of Square-Enix. In fact, the article's headline "The rest of the world says hi, Square-Enix" pretty much sums up the company's treatment of its western fans.
Then again, the HD remasters of the Kingdom Hearts series for PS3 - which include localized version of their Japan-only "Final Mixes" - shows that Square-Enix is willing to atone for their middle-fingers to the western fans... eventually.
I want to play this as much as I've ever wanted to play an MMORPG, which unfortunately is still only "kinda"
@Tsurii Ah, I see, thanks. I could definitely remember somewhere early 2016. Didn't know that it was coming to Japan that soon.
Not sure why that's news when this is a relay occurrence for big MMOs.
Meh, I'm not fussed about this coming west now, just give us DQ11 on 3DS with full streetpass functionality. Baffles me that they had DQ9 on DS with the early precursor to streetpass but haven't yet utilised it on a console which promotes the function as one of it's key features.
I've heard this game is "bad" from plenty of gamers and does a disservice to DQ series.
The rest of the world says hi indeed...
I really really want this translated and released here...
Well here is hoping that solid sales of 7 and 8 convince squenix to localize.
This game makes me hate Dragon Quest so no I would never want this here, just Dragon Quest VII & VIII would be good enough for me. To me DQ died after DQIX so anything after that are just milking craps.
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